Cuisyn is a platform for independent restaurants based in Frankfurt am Main. We acquire successful, owner-operated restaurants and continue running them under their own name, with their own menu and team. The changes happen behind the scenes: finance, HR, IT, purchasing. Today, Cuisyn comprises ten restaurants, two catering brands, and a hotel with approximately 550 employees.

Our restaurants are as individual as their locations – from classic establishments to modern concepts. What unites us: high standards, dynamism, and a strong team. And we continue to grow. To ensure this continues – and that new restaurants quickly become part of cuisyn – we are strategically expanding our HR structures, processes, and systems.

Do you want to shape the HR function that drives our growth – from recruiting and personnel administration to how we build HR processes to scale with us?

Then apply now as Head of HR (m/f/d) and become part of our team!

What you can expect:

• Leading and developing the team: You will build the HR team into a unit that delivers reliably even as the company grows – through clear task allocation, targeted development, and leadership that fosters autonomy rather than micromanagement. You won't just lead from a distance, but will be actively involved in day-to-day operations.
• Take charge of recruiting: You transform talent acquisition into a predictable process rather than a constant problem – with full responsibility from initial contact to hiring. You conduct interviews yourself, actively manage processes, and thus ensure continuous staffing across all locations.
• Leading HR administration: You ensure that contracts, onboarding, certificates and compliance do not depend on individuals, but run in a structured and error-free manner – with clear leadership and your own operational access in day-to-day business.
• Building the Employee Lifecycle: You design the employee journey – from onboarding through development and retention to offboarding – as a unified standard that works across all companies and does not depend on local, isolated solutions.
• Help shape employer branding: You will position cuisyn in the highly competitive gastronomy job market so that we are not only found, but actively recommended.
• Digitizing HR: You are responsible for the HR tool landscape (including e2n, Recruitee) with the clear goal: growth without proportional additional effort – through automation that you identify and implement yourself.

You bring the following:

• In-depth HR experience: Several years of professional experience in HR, ideally in a company with multiple locations or a similarly dynamic structure.
• Leadership experience: You have already led an HR team and know how to delegate, develop, and manage.
• Hands-on mentality: You don't see leadership as a purely controlling function, but rather you pitch in wherever needed – whether in recruiting interviews, contract reviews, or day-to-day operations.
• Industry affinity: You come from the catering, hotel industry or a comparable service sector and are familiar with the realities of operational businesses.
• Digitalization affinity: You are familiar with HR tech landscapes, are enthusiastic about automation, and bring concrete implementation experience.
• Basic knowledge of labor law: You are confident in your understanding of German labor law and can navigate an established group structure with ease.
• Language: Excellent German and English skills